WLRN Public Media | By Carla Mendez

After hours of passionate public comment against the measure, Miami commissioners narrowly voted to deputize local police with immigration enforcement powers.

It makes Miami the latest city to sign up to a controversial partnership program with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) known as 287(g), which has been strongly pushed by Governor Ron DeSantis as the state lines up behind the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation moves.

After initially deferring the decision, the Commission ultimately passed the agreement in a narrow 3-2 vote following a last-minute push by Commissioner Joe Carollo. Commissioners Christine King and Damian Pardo cast the dissenting votes.

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